NGC 2139
NGC 2139
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2139 as it looked roughly 86 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 2152Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 2106Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1979Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2106Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1979Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral10 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).